Share Lent

There are so many exciting components to our Share Lent campaign this year, that we felt like we had to have a national launch to kick it all off. It was one of the first times that we were having this type of launch for the campaign – a moment of recognition that the campaign was now off and running – and it quickly became a moment of many firsts!

Luke Stocking, Deputy Director, In Canada Programs and John Gabor, Animator, British Columbia

Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness;”– Genesis 1:26

Scripture makes it clear that each and every person is made in the image and likeness of God. This radical claim is the source of our belief in the inherent and inviolable dignity of the human person. The dignity of the human person is the cornerstone of all Catholic social teaching.

On Friday, April 6th, over 250 Canadians across the country will be participating in a Good Friday Fast, organized by members of Development and Peace, in support of the organization’s work in the Global South.

“In July 2010, Development and Peace submitted a funding proposal of $49.2 million to CIDA for our programs over the next five years. We have finally received the government's response. It is not exactly what we were hoping for. And it's not what you were hoping for either.”

It was with these words that Michael Casey, Executive Director of Development and Peace, opened a meeting yesterday with two representatives of the Federation of Filipino-Canadian Associations of Quebec (FFCA).

This year for Share Lent, join the Give it up campaign and commit to an action that will have a positive impact on the environment. Use your commitment to raise money for the work of Development and Peace and our partners in the Global South.

Not all the visas have been obtained yet. But, on the eve of Ash Wednesday, we can already announce that the national organizers of the Share Lent Campaign have invited five partners to the country so that they can tell us about the challenges they face.

“For Catholics in Canada, the annual Share Lent Collection offers a special opportunity to hear the cry of the poor and to reach out to those in need,” writes Most Reverend Richard Smith, Archbishop of Edmonton and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.